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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-12-22
EIoht millions d 81 Paid Out

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. - Arrangements
ara now being made at the Treasury De-
parfment for tho payment on January
next Of IS, 4l4,670 interest on U. s. bonds
and Pacific railroad bonds. Thisi is in ad
dition to ss4s, 152 interest which would have
fallen due on that date, but which has been
prepaid with rebate. under the terms OF
Department Circular No. 10.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-12-22
LIouor Law DECLARED Unconstitutional.

AUGUSTA Me-, Dec. 15.-The superior
court of Kennebec County has declared
the law making the payment of the U. $.
special tax as liquor seller prima facie
evidence that the party paying such tax is
a saloon keeper, and therefore public
nuisance, to be unconstitutional.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-12-22
Eioht KiIlsd

BATHURST, N. b.. Dec lS-An engine and
snow-plow on the Caraquet railway, car-
rying thirteen men, got off the track on the
Mcintosh Cave bridge yesterday, and went
over into the river, carrying all but one OF
those on board with them. Eight were
killed. The others went into tho river,
which was eight feet deep but swan
ashore. Those killed wero all pinned down
by the engine and plow.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-12-22

NoRTH ADAMS, MASS, Dec. 15.-The geo.
graphical surveyors working in this SEQ
tion this season found rich outcrop Of
copper In the vicinity OF Stamford, VT,
which thoy proceeded to develop. They
now have shaft sunk to a considerable
depth, with srch results that work has
been pushed vigorously.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-12-22
Great Lick Ielescone.

SAN FnANcrsco, Dec. H. Alvin G. Clark.
Of Cambridge. Mass, arrived here last
night with the Photographic lens for tho
Lick telescope on Mt. Hamilton, and loft
FOR the Observatory today 10 place the
lens In position.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-12-22

Colonel Blood, of kentucky. Ito his
wife at the Enthusiastically There is
very peculiar taste about this milk.
my dear, but for the lifo of me l cant
tell what It is. Never tasted any thing
like it before. What Is itp" Mrs.
Blood" Probably 1t is water. ."-7eras
SJiings.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-12-22
HuIlinan,s Murdarers.

RAvENSA, o., Dec. Is. james Robinson,
the last one OF the murdercrs OF Detective
VIM. II. Hulligan, is doomed to walk to the
gallows. At G o'clock this evening the
jury, after being out twenty-six hours and
thirteen minutes, brought in verdict oil
murder in the first degree.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-12-22

They were doing little love-
making between acts. just rs the
curtain went up he called her his
angel. Say" said man in the next
seat back, ''coulln't you get your
angel to wear her wings somewhere
besides ON her hatP"--C Chicago Nei0s.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-12-22
Eound HannIna 10 Iree.

PITrsnupcn, Pa, Dec. 1.-THE remains
OF Charles Fry were found hanging from
n tree ut Natronn, IA, at an enrly hour
this morning. Foul play il suspected, and
an investigation has bean ordered W tho
ruroner,
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-12-22

Your bill has been running q
long time" insinuatingly remarked
the butcher TO Slopay the other morn
ing That's bad, replied Slopay.
sympathetlcally. why don't you lat
Il waikiki Washfne!en Critic
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-12-22
Penalty Of a Bru,e's Crime.

BALTIMORE, Dec. i5.-Thomas Tibbtts
was this afternoon convicted Of having
committed felonious assault upon seven
year-old Maggie MrDermott, his cousin,
and sentenced by Judge Duffy to fifteen
years and six months in the pcnitentlary.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-12-22

ST. LOUIS, Dec l6--Advices from Presns
Aldama, In the southern part Of Tamauli-
pas, state that extensive deposits OF gold
and cinnabar, or Notwithstanding ore,
have been discovered near there
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-12-22
BIaine Visits carnot.

PARrs, Dec. i4.-Mr. James G. Blaine and
MIR. Levi p. Morton were received by Pres
ident Carnot to-day. They were present
cd by Minister McL1ne.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-12-22
An ATTORNEY Goes 10 the Pen.

TlrrlN, o., Dec. IA. John b. Schwartz.
an attorney, has been sentenced to one
year in the pcnitentiary for swindlins q
farmer on the harrow racket.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-12-22
A Sensible GliL

CRY or MExioo, Dec. 10. The United
States Fish Commission Cur No. 3 has ar
rived here bringing 5000 carp and goldfish
20 Eifb 70 the Mexican oovernmsnt
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-12-22

CATLIy, ILL.,, Dec. l4.Diphtheria is now
raging in this county. Over one hundrai
deaths from this desease were reported
last week
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-12-22

IAN old bachelors definition OF a
baby--A crying evil which YOU only
aggravats BY putting down. " y
ksalsn
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-12-22
IIanuod for kiIIIno John Smith.

BAKERsrIBLn, Cal, Doc. ld.--Thurston
Lee was hanged hore to-day for the ,nur.
der u John Smith In March, 1esA
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-08-25

question at issue in local politics in most
| small towns in Kansas is not political one.
1t is the enforcement or non-enforcement Of
the prohibitory law. Last spring the men Of
Argonia did not take hold of the question
with the vigor and determination the women
liked to see. The w. G. 7. U. con-
cluded to take matters into their
own hands They called a caucus
and invited all voters. 1t met in the Baptist
church on Saturday evening. The election
was to take place on the following Monday.
1t was conducted in manner quite unique
In political caucuses The meeting opened
with the singing Of sAmerica," which had
the effect of firing the hearts of those present
with patriotic fervor. This effect then re-
ceived an extra coating of strength by the
reading of the 146th-or Crusade-psalm,
and prayer which harmonized with both
the hymn and the psalm. Then the caucus
went energetically to business and named its
five councilmen and mayor and went home.
On Monday morning a facetious anti-pro-
hibitionist was up with the lark and out with
some printed tickets containing the names of
the five councilmen; but instead of the eau
Gus nominee for mayor Mrs. Salter's name
was substituted. They were circulated as
RlSdUUlC DurleSuue. uo WOiicu VI luo W. "
7. U. heard Of it and determined to turn the
tables on this bold humorist. They called on
Mrs. Salter, who was up to her elbows in
Mondays housework, and urged her to take
the Office if elected She consented, and they
went to work for her like Trojana Men
dropped their daily duties and helped the
women electioneer. By night Mrs. Salter
was mayor-elect She had received three
fourths of all the votes cast, and the joker
was in sack cloth and ashes. Little jokes
like that are often fraught with great re,
suits.
A correspondent attended meeting of the
council. Mayor Salter, in snug street dress
and fashionable straw hat, presided with dig
nifty and decorum. When the four rattle
tongued young aldermen grew irrelevant in
their discussions she brought them to time at
once Her followers praise her without stint
which is more than her opponents could be
expected to do.
The citizens Of Argonia, advanced though
they be, can scarcely get accustomed to the
extraordinary innovation OF mayor in pet
ticoats. They point her out to strangers as
one of the curiosities of the town. Recalci-
trant small boys regard her much as the New
York gamin does "cop." "There's the
mayorm scatters them like cyclone.
Mrs. Salter's father, Oliver Kinsey, was
the first mayor of Argonia, so it rather runs
in the family to hold office, like wooden legs
and artificial teeth.
Mayor Salter is now q years of age. The
engraving, taken from sketch, represents
her as rather severe of countenance. She is
a blonde Of medium height, is slender and
dresses neatly. What is more, she can do
what no other mayor has ever done. She
makes her own clothes. She is the mother OF
four children, and can "outcook" and "out-
dishwash" any mayor or alderman that ever
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-08-25

GEN. MKEE DUNN. In 1ndlana-t b q t
galaxy of building statesmen who immedi-
ately preceded Morton, Colfax and others of
the reforming and revolutionizing era. He,
however, retained his mental and physical
activity long enough to be contemporary with
the second generation and to take a very
active part in the stirring events of 1S60-66.
w. M. Dunn was born Dec. 12, 1914, in
Indiana while it was still territory:
was graduated in 1882 among the
first students sent out from the state
university, and then completed the course at
Harvard. He took up the practice of law and
was soon eminent among the lawyers of the
state. In 1S4S he was elected to the legisla-
ture, and in 1850 was very active and useful
member of the convention that framed the
new constitution Of the state. He was chosen
as q Republican to the Thirty-sixth and
Thirty seventh congresses, but was defeated
In 1862 Thus his service covered much Of
the war period, and he was a very earnest
supporter of the Lincoln administration, serv-
ing as aid to Mcclellan in West Virginia
while an elected rlember. In March, 1868,
he was made major and judge advocate; in
1865 he was brevetted as brigadier and in
1866 was made regularly commissioned
colonel of volunteers. Finally, Dec. l, 1875,
he was appointed judge advocate general of
the army with the full rank Of brigadier and
as such was put on the retired list Jan. %,
1881. For many years past he has had a
country residence in Fairfax county, Va,
where he died.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-08-25
THE EPICYCLOlDAL.

'Tis a sort Of mystical curve, g -. -
A kind Of sinuous bend, Z -.
4 serpentine swerve, 1
That requires every nerve
That a man to effect it can lend.
The pitiful batter stands there,
Perplexed by the ''in" and the "drop:"
'Twould nigh make O carmelite swear
To see him thus mangling the air
With a sort Of barbarian chop.
How little he guesses the ball
Can trace an aerial screwl
He watches the rise and the fall, a
But sees no more winding at all \.
Than a cobbler in Kalamazoo.
lie sees not the intricate curl III
OF the ball that goes flying apast,
Nor the circumgyration and swirl,
Nor the spiral fantastical twirl,
Nor the zigzag refraction so vast.
Spectators observe him and grin;
The playing, they say, is ''immenser"
And a casual shot in the shin q
Is not an unnatural sin g
In the regular chain Of events. a
If the pitcher has something to say,
He looks at the catcher askance,
And speaks in enigmatic way
That silent patois Of the play ~
With sentences hid In glance. H,,-
So study that magical leer,
And watch every writhe of the wrist;
And when in its switching career
You see the ball suddenly veer,
Take care Of the tortuous twist.
Joseph DAILY in Judge.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-08-25
A WOMAN MAYOR.
Kansas Ahead in the Advancement Of
Women.

Kansas Ahead in the Advancement Of
Women.
1t is surely time to wake Nicodemus The
jubilee for the slaves occurred years ago, and
now women are beginning to see the dawn Of
their day. In Argonia, Kan, they have a
woman mayor, and she is sailing through her
term of office with colors flying. Last spring
Susanna Medora Salter was duly elected
mayor Of Argonia; also duly qualified, and is
now duly and conscientiously operating the
municipal machine.
Kansas, as everybody knows, is regular
four in hand state in the matter Of progress
sion. 1t carries more laurels for radicalism,
in spite of its grasshoppers, than any state in
the Union, or out of it. Within her borders
was shed the first blood in the war for free
dom. She was the first to ratify the Four
teenth Amendment She led in the fight for
prohibition, and she is the first state in the
Union to grant to the women Of municipali-
ties the right to vote on all matters referred
to popular suffrage. This carries with it the
right to hold municipal Office, hence the
woman mayor.
As in the granting Of suffrage to women
in Wyoming and hundred other important
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-08-25

plore, though many Of them use the mouths
of their caverns for storehouses for meats
and milk.
But what has become Of our party of ex-
plorers, whom we left just as they had be-
gun to sniff the oxygen and fathom the mys-
teries of life underground? They are still on
their tramp-squeezing their bodies through
Fat Mans Misery, listening to the reverbera-
tions and marveling at the strange scenes Of
Echo river, gazing fearfully into the Bot
tonless Fit, painting and perspirinG through
the rugged Corkscrew, eating their lunch ten
miles from daylight, or looking at the twink
ling of chemical stars in a armament which
is hundreds of feet below the surface of the
earth. Their wanderings amidst wonders,
their study of nature when surrounded by
her, their thoughts when i'll the very presence
of the mighty aud eternal forces which oper-
ate within earth, must follow in another
letter. WALTER WELIMAN.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-08-25
Written for the Herald.
HIBE RNIA.

Oh Hibernia! thy freedom is not dead;
/, does but sleep, and soon itself will seat
Liberty, girt with stars about its head,
Walks in the light of this Republics
Secure and calm while tyrants, cOercion-fed,
Ever tremble on the brink of some vague fear
An Empress-Queen grows pale, for millions
greet
Her thrones decay yet thoust glorious in
defeat.
All Ireland is proclaimed yet mistaken
The shades of her Emmets and Meaghers sigh
behind
Curst coercion comes; yet dreams of hope
awaken
Beneath the murmurings Of a nations mind.
Laws pass; but newer laws, like Sinai's un-
shaken,
Will yet destroy the night of humankind.
Evi! is tTansient-wrong, coercion and fraud,
BY the great, good God, still are overawed.
Assyria. Babylonia, Persia, Greece,
Rome and Arabia held in turn mems fears
Black masses in the golden light of peace,
Casting wide shadows, but the fateful spheres
Wheeled round, and they were gone. No longer
lease
Has Britain, fed with dew of human tears,
OF Hindoo, Irish Katiir, Maori and Zulu rude,
And cen Americas in a revolutionary mood.
Therefore, dear sorrowing Hibernia. look forth :
Think upon Blaine and Canadian fish awhile !
Some comforters at least, hast thou on earth
All Europe and America doth smile
On thy struggle and on thy suffering worth;
And all the CHILDREN of Australia's isle
Answer the voice of thy heart-breaking cry
& ~ for hon hats shall not die
T. NJ MACHALE.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-08-25
A Point for Rural Residents.

Country Editor-Yes, sir, in the notice Of
the vegetables you left on my table / said they
looked nice when brought, but were found to
be scarcely eatable when cooked. remem'
Der now.
Irate Farmer-So do I, and l remember,
too, that when my uppish neighbor, Farmer
Grubbs, left the same kind OF stuff here you
came out with big thing in the paper saying
they were the finest vegetables you ever ate.
know, sir, that what brought was just as
good as his"
"Maybe they were when you brought 'em,
but it was two weeks before had chance to
try them"
II see; they must have been pretty stale by
that time. But how about Farmer Grubbs'
vegetabless'
"Farmer Grubbs was thoughtful enough to
bring along load Of wood to cook them
with.r-Omaha World
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Helena, Montana. Thursday August 25 1887
liked twenty or TWENTY-FIVE miles

walked twenty or twenty-five miles
cave in q single day, returning at sunset to
engage in her favorite pastime Of waltzing at
the evening hop. What" the reader ex-
claims, walk twenty-five miles in the cavel
Is the cavern 50 big es that" twenty-five
miles is nothing in this great hole in the
ground. You could, if You wanted to, walk
2Oo miles in this cavern and r,t once re-
trace your steps. No wonder the proprietors
Of the cave keep it under lock and key and
ask liberal tolls for rambies along its thor
oughfares Mammoth cave is a subterranean
empire. 1t has hundreds of streets and al
leys. Some are about as wide as one OF the
waterways Of Venice; some are mere holes
through which visitors crawl like snakes;
some are broad and high enough to contain
a row of metropolitan business buildings;
while here and there a thoroughfare broadens
and lifts into q great hall in which small
church, spire and all, could be planted. 1t
has mineral wealth and navigable rivers, and
many, though harmless and curious, inhabi-
tants. 1t contains hills and pools, valleys.
mountains. parks and gardens. 1t is, as well,
one vast museum. And the year round,
winter and summer, its temperature stands at
So degrees Fahrenheit, and tie supply Of ex-
hilarating oxygen is unfailing and eternal.
What pity, say, this Incompatible retreat
from the glare Of sun-this new world just
under the world we know SO well and often
get SO tired offs not situated near New
York, Chicago or some other suffering me-
tropolis. Take lamp in your hand, walk half
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-08-25

fcation. This was before the public career
Of that eminent statesman, and the intimacy
then begun was a lasting one.
1t was in 1S4S that Depretis began his po-
litical life. In that year he was chosen to the
Sandman parliament for Stradella. His
parliamentary career was long one; in fact,
he was almost the oldest member, in length
Of service, in the Italian parliament. He
was almost invariably seated on the extreme
left, the portion Of the house reserved for
those members are who most radical in their
views. This often brought him in direct op-
position to Cavour, but did not in the least
impair the friendly relations existing between
them, and on one occasion, memorable in the
history of Italian politics, Cavour alluded to
Depretis as "the man of Sparta" This title
fitted Depretis very well, for his personal in
tegrity was never called in question even by
his bitterest opponents. He soon became
the leader Of a political group, which,
while it had not sufficient numbers to
form a majority in the chamber, was
thoroughly compact and united and was
often able to hold the "balance of power"
But Depretis was never thought of as posi-
BILE prime minister until 1876, when Signor
Mingheth was defeated. The first admins
trative Office held by Depretis was the gov
ernorship of Brescia, to which he was ap-
pointed in 1859. He was commissary extra
ordinary and prodictator in Sicily 1S60-61;
minister of public works, 1862 -63, and acting
minister of marine in 1866, at the time of the
naval defeat of LISA. Much unpopularity
attached to Depretis because of this defeat,
which his enemies asserted was the fault of "a
minister of marine who had never seen the
sea-" In 1867 Depretis was for brief period
minister of finance and it was at that time
that Victor Emmanuel was attracted to him,
often consulting him, indeed, when he was in
the opposition.
When, in 1876, Depretis was asked to form
a ministry on the ruins of that of Minghetti.
he unfortunately confiGed the portfolio Of
the interior to Giovanni Nicotera, whose fol.
lies led to the speedy downfall of the ministry.
In 1877, however, Depretis was again called
upon to become premier, and again in 1878,
upon the fall Of the Carroll cabinet he was
summoned for the third time. This time his
government lasted for six months only, but
in 1881 Depretis again returned to power, not
to retire again till 1885 In 1882 he had ma
terially extended the franchise, and in 1888
he secured the cooperation of the right in
repressive measures toward the Socialists.
His retiracy in 1885 came from the occupa-
ticn of Nasowah, but he was induced to form
still another ministry, and though he wished
to resign Ill February of this year King Hum
bert would not hear Of it, and Depretis held
the position to the time of his death
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-08-25

eSCAo hO was dC- JOSEfd D. rOhAhEh
cepted and with his regiment went to the
front. A year later he was for a time in
command of his company, though but II
.Tears old. He served with honor to the
elise of the war, was mustered out at the age
Of 10, studied law, applied for admission to
the bar, was admitted with the caution that
b., was rather young" and by hard work
sooA VOL a good practice. He was elected
judge at the early age Of 80 and sat upon the
bench tt:ce years. In 1888 he was the Re-
publican -cllioee for governor of Ohio; but
that happtGed t. be Democratic year, and
he was beaten by George Hoadly, the Demo-
cratic candidate. In 1885 he was renomi-
mated and elected b. a plurality of nearly
1900. He is ncw N minated for second
term
Mr.. Foraker was born in Rainsboro, O., in
July, 1S46, and has been citizen of the state
since that time. Besides the public action
above mentioned he was also delegate to the
Republican national convention of 1884, ard
took very active part in the campaign Of
that year.
His principal competitor, Hon. Thomas E.
Powell, is also rising young man, only four
years older than Governor Foraker He was
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-08-25
Hard Luck.

"Where are you going, my pretty, pretty maidf'
ITO the ice cream parlor, sir" she said.
'Eay 60 long, my pretty, pretty maldF'
"You can, sir. if you'll foot the bill, she said.
'How many plates canst eat, my pretty, pretty
maid!"
"Four is about my SIZE" she softly said.
"Don't you ever get tired. my pretty, pretty
maid?"
'Tm not built that way, please, sir" she said.
'Tye just felt in my pockets, my pretty, pretty
maid"
sand what do you find there, sir?" she said
'Nougbt but button, my pretty, pretty maid
IN see you later, sir" said.
'Can see you home, my pretty, pretty maidf
IF you'i chance the bulldog, sir" she said.
win the bulldog bite, my pretty, pretty maiof
~ should blush TO murmur, sir" she said.
We parted.
NJ. J. Donnelly in st. Paul Globa
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-08-25


grade by curves is where the engineers skill
is tested. From Denver to Golden, at the foot
Of the mountains, is an easy ascent; there the
narrow gauge railway starts up the wild
gorge of Clear creek, and rises 1000 feet in
the short stage to Central City. At the
junction of the two Clear creeks a branch
turns to the left and goes by Idaho Springs to
Georgetown, which is 400 feet above the
sea. All around the city the mountains rise
in perfect amphitheatre for 5000 feet. and
in the upper end of the city the CANYON di-
vides; from Lefthand gulch a river of crystal
water comes pouring through rocky fume
as if it were tumbling from the clouds, while
up Righthand gulch the grade is little easier.
and all the mountain side is thick veined with
the richest of silver lodes. Most noted among
these are the Silver Plume (which gives name
to the little mining town in the gulch), Dives
Pelican, etc. To overcome the steep ascent
Of this canyon-2,000 feet in eight miles, be-
sides the abrupt breaks and chasms-was the
task of the engineer, and our engraving shows
how it was done.
The railroad winds around the upper end Of
the city in an ascending spiral, giving the
passengers a birds eye view of houses and
streets below; ii then passes up the very bot
tom OF the canyon TIL convenient plateau is
reached, where It crosses the stream and
turns back toward Georgetown; then turning
again to the south and west, it recrosses the
canyon on bridge 800 feet long and 90 feet
above its own track, and then. turning up the
canyon once more, but on higher level, 10
goes on winding from side to side to Gray.
mont, present terminus Of the line. There
the tourise must take horse if he would ascend
Gray's peak, still nearly 1000 feet above him
l.. r. G.